Trouble assembling \ linking... I didn't find anything on search ..

[TNick]

^Alright ! It worked just fine :)

Does it run? Or you managed to assemble the program?

[Magicle]

Yes Nick !
When im running it from the cmd (cd ..\dir\) and just put a16a filename
then it creates the .exe and i can run it successfully - the hello world message appears

when I use your sort batch file, it creats the .exe but i cannot run it !

[TNick]

Please Zip the sort exe and post it

[dedndave]

hmmmm - make sure the sort.exe is the only executable in the path that is named sort
which, by the way, is a bad choice of names, as there is a DOS pipe named sort
maybe it is trying to execute the pipe
you might consider renaming the program to mysort.asm and .exe to avoid the confusion

[Magicle]

There you go .
When the batch file finishes it creates it but says it cannot open it (like most of the previous screenshots).

Edit:
I've edited the .bat file, with some random names, so it wouldnt use sort
It did the exact same 'cant run the process' error....

[TNick]

Hello World
Press any key to continue ...

It works here...

[Magicle]

Ok, then something weird is going on here <:

[dedndave]

works here - although it is not the sort program - lol
rename your SORT.ASM file to MYSORT.ASM
then, try assembling that

[TNick]

Really, did you restart the system after first solved problem (ipx/spx thing)? If not, I think you should do so and try again...

Nick

[Magicle]

I didn't restart my system... Ill do it and be back asap.

Btw Dave,
I've already tried naming it to bla.asm
and renaming the batch file as well (of course.... right click-> edit -> changed the .asm .obj .exe names to match)
Still didn't work..... I'll brb.

[dedndave]

well - you don't want the batch file to be named the same as the executable
the batch file will always be executed

[Magicle]

Ok I think the mystery is resolved !

I tried downloading my own Sort.exe file-  and while it was on the desktop, it worked just fine.
I compiled another 'bla.exe' file- and it didnt work in the sort folder.
So i took it out of the folder and voila - works.

@Dave
The batch file is called make.bat so no worries :)

[dedndave]

ok - NOW, you can be a Happy Larry   :P

[TNick]

Dave,

I think he is talking about my batch, which has the names hard-coded inside, as previously posted.

I compiled another 'bla.exe' file- and it didnt work in the sort folder.
So i took it out of the folder and voila - works.

Mystery is resolved when you know why... :) And I still don't.
Maybe a good night sleep will help.

Regards,
Nick

[Magicle]

Alright so ive done some more 'attempts'.

i deleted the .obj file -> still doesnt work
deleted the .asm file -> still doesnt work
moved the .bat file to another folder -> still doesnt work

moved the .exe file to another folder -> worked.

So its not one of the files interrupting the process, its the location maybe (???)
Though not clear why  :eek